Definition of "fusil" [fu•sil]

• A light flintlock musket. (noun)

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• "Champlain appears to be carrying a light arquebus that Paulin-Desormeaux calls a fusil de chasse, a hunting weapon; ibid., 1:184-93; for a more extended discussion, see below, chapter 12, and Appendix L."
• ""The fusil is another Rhombular figure like the lozenge, but more long than broad, and its upper and lower points are more acute than the two side points.""
• "Allay-foozee, in its turn, comes from the French allez-fusil, meaning “Forward the muskets!"